It’s Thursday!! It’s the weekend!!
My exciting plans tonight involve attending a webinar & I have some time to kill before then, so here’s a blog post!
Digitizd has a really interesting post called How Is the Internet Changing Us? that nicely summarizes some recent articles on the way that the Internet is changing our attention spans & the way we consume information.
I absolutely love this article by Peter Bregman in the Harvard Business Review – Why I Returned My iPad. It perfectly sums up my love/hate relationship with technology. It’s too easy, it’s too gratifying, it’s too instant. In my drive to be ever productive, I lose something:
They are the moments in which we, often unconsciously, organize our minds, make sense of our lives, and connect the dots. They’re the moments in which we talk to ourselves. And listen.
To lose those moments, to replace them with tasks and efficiency, is a mistake. What’s worse is that we don’t just lose them. We actively throw them away.
I’m already so distracted with a laptop as it is, I don’t need a phone, an iPod with applications or an iPad to waste all my time with. This is a good reminder to spend intentional time sitting, in the grass, watching the clouds roll by & contemplating whatever my brain brings me.
I’m doing better in my 50 books in 2010 challenge. I’m up to 15, which is still 10 behind for where I should be by the end of the month, but I’m slowly but surely making progress.
The National Archives is holding a photo caption contest – it’s being judged by none other than the Archivist of the United States himself AND the winner gets 30% off a purchase from NARA’s online store. My husband saw my tweet about it & submitted a caption of his own. If he wins this, he’s going to be the very bestest husband in the world [one step up from his current position as 'best husband in the world']!
Time to sit back & experience my first webinar!
Have a good weekend, all!
Related posts:
- On technology, or, why your laptop offends me
- Happy Thanksgiving!
- Archival practice accompanied by podcasts
- A simple, yet profound, use of technology – Literacy Bridge
- A reading challenge, personality tests & preparing for a new semester
Thursday, June 17th, 2010, 1:11 pm | 
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